20190102 Black-bellied Dipper North Walsham Canal, Briggate Bridge Lock

20190102 Black-bellied Dipper

20190102 Black-bellied Dipper

Screen Live view on lock gate.

20190102 Black-bellied Dipper

20181216 Common Crane Thurne

Common Crane

Flock of 18 East of Thurne village.
Initially the birds were feeding in a game cover crop belt, quinoa or maize type.

They may have been attracted by the grain from game feeders along the edge of the belt…?

Common Crane

The flock were flushed by 'gamekeepers' in buggy and a Chinese Water Deer dashing across the field from within the game crop, then flew WSW towards the Bure and Upton Marshes.

Common Crane

One of two 1st winter birds in flock. A successful breeding season just gone.

20181027 Siberian/Stejneger's Stonechat Salthouse Marshes

Stejneger's Siberian Stonechat

Stejneger's Siberian Stonechat

Siberian Stonechat

Showing off white throat patch and collar well.

With wintering pair of torquatus hibernans out in the middle of Marsh on 19th.

Stejneger's Stonechat

20181031 bird moved very close to gates and in low morning light.

20181027 Siberian Stonechat
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A deep coloured 1st winter bird.

20181023 Willow Emerald Damselfly & Little Egret Roost RSPB Titchwell

Willow Emerald Damselfly

Status rare at Titchwell...

2 males on Dragonfly Pool.

Little Egret

9 of 14 at pre-roost gathering on Patsy's this evening.

Max of 15 Harriers into the Main Reedbed, but we had to leave before dark....

20181113 Little Egret

Pre-roost gathering on 13th November, a fine evening with the birds using the dead trees prior to moving into Willow Wood.

Highest count to date of 58 birds, over 30 in Patsy's Pool at dark.

20181127 Little Egret

Grey dull and nasty evening with a moderate ENE wind.

56 Egret  counted from the pool into Willow Wood.